Cost Accounting Jobs

Cost Accounting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cost Accounting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Accounting over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 870 967
Rank change year-on-year +160 +97 +263
Permanent jobs citing Cost Accounting 2 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.008% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - £33,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £34,409
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.12%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £34,964
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 - £34,409
% change year-on-year - - -56.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cost Accounting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%

Cost Accounting
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cost Accounting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Accounting in the UK

Cost Accounting
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Accounting.

Salary trend for Cost Accounting in the UK

Cost Accounting
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Accounting within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +178 2 £80,000 - 2
England +136 2 £80,000 - 2
South East +94 1 £80,000 - 1
North West - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 9
North of England - 1 - -

Cost Accounting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Finance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Architect
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 2 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Record to Report
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ACCA
1 1 (50.00%) CIMA
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Concur
1 1 (50.00%) SAP